Choose a graduate degree in instructional and performance technology if you're interested in learning how to use technology to meet the challenges of complex education and training issues in educational institutions, business, industry, and the military.
Human performance technology (HPT) is a specialization option available in all of the degree programs below. You can also become a certified performance technologist through our graduate-level HPT certificate program. Consider HPT if you're interested in learning how to identify and resolve organizational performance problems using targeted solutions—e.g., training, changing employee incentive systems, redesigning the work environment, or implementing new technology.
WHAT'S YOUR GOAL? A master's degree? A specialist degree? A doctorate? |
A master's degree requires that you complete at least 30 semester hours, 15 of which must be at the 6000 level or above, and maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0. There are three degree options.
Master of Education in Instructional Technology (M.Ed.). Choose this program (see catalog and Academic Learning Plan) if you're interested in learning how to use technology to meet the challenges of complex education and training issues in educational institutions, business, industry, and the military. You will demonstrate your proficiency in a technology showcase during your final semester. Select from four areas of specialization:
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| Master of Education, Education & Training Management Subspecialty (ETMS). This program (see catalog) integrates an education and training perspective with HPT theories and perspectives. | ||
| Master of Science in Administration (M.S.A.). This program (see catalog) focuses on performance and technology issues but with a business perspective. | ||
Choose Ed.S. in Curriculum and Instruction (see catalog and Academic Learning Plan) with a specialization in instructional technology if you are a professional in the field of education or training who wants an administrative and leadership position. The degree requires that you complete at least 36 semester hours and maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0.
A specialist degree is very similar to a doctorate and usually involves the same coursework. The primary difference is the focus. A specialist is a consumer of research; specialists find, evaluate, and apply research in the workplace. A doctoral graduate is a developer of research. That is why a doctoral student must plan and conduct a rigorous, original research study and write a dissertation, whereas a student in a specialist degree program does not. If you are planning to pursue a doctorate after receiving your specialist degree, inquire about dual enrollment in the Ed.S. and Ed.D. programs. Otherwise, only 21 semester hours of your specialist coursework can be applied toward a doctorate.
There are two options available for an Ed.S. with a specialization in instructional technology:
| Performance Technology Option. This option focuses on the innovative use of technology to enhance human performance. |  |
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| Distance Learning Option. This option focuses on the analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation of distributed learning systems. |
Choose an Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction (see catalog and Academic Learning Plan), with a specialization in instructional technology, if you
The doctoral program has the same two options as the specialist program: performance technology and distance learning.
